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   curious

   /ˈkjʊərɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. eager to know or learn something: "I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom"
   • ▪ expressing curiosity: "a curious stare" Similar inquisitiveintriguedinterestedeager to knowdying to knowburning with curiosityagogquizzicalinquiringsearchingprobingqueryingquestioninginterrogativeperplexedpuzzledbaffledmystifiedinformal:nosynosy-parkersnoopynebbyOpposite uninterested
   • 2. strange; unusual: "a curious sensation overwhelmed her" Similar strangeoddpeculiarfunnyunusualbizarreweirdeccentricqueerunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalout of the ordinaryatypicalanomalousuntypicaldifferentout of the waysurprisingincongruousextraordinaryremarkablepuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableinexplicableirregularsingularoffbeatunconventionalunorthodoxoutlandishoff-centreaberrantfreakfreakishdeviantuncannyeerieunnaturalout of the commonoutréuncoinformal:off the wallwackyrumwackoOpposite ordinary
   • ▪ (of books) erotic or pornographic. euphemistic

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. curious (sense 2) dates from the early 18th century.

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   • 1. curiousness noun

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   • Get a quick, free translation! CURIOUS meaning: 1. interested in learning about people or things around you: 2. strange and unusual: 3…. Learn more.

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   • Curious describes someone who is eager to find out answers and to explore and learn. A curious student asks lots of questions. A curious little monkey, like the famous Curious George from the children’s book series, may be so curious to know how a clock works that he breaks it trying to get a closer look inside.

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   What does curioso mean?

   • 感興趣的, 好奇的, 好打聽的… 感兴趣的, 好奇的, 好打听的… curioso, raro, curioso/osa [masculine-feminine]… curioso, curioso/-sa [masculine-feminine], estranho/-nha [masculine-feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! CURIOUS definition: 1. interested in learning about people or things around you: 2. strange and unusual: 3…. Learn more.

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   • 1.A desire to know or learn. 2. A desire to know about people or things that do not concern one; nosiness. 3. An object that arouses interest, as by being novel or extraordinary: kept the carved bone and displayed it as a curiosity. 4. A strange or odd aspect. 5. Archaic Fastidiousness.

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   arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious sort of person; a curious scene. Synonyms: rare, novel, singular. Archaic. made or prepared skillfully. done with painstaking accuracy or attention to detail: a curious inquiry. careful; fastidious.

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